Feng Bao and Qin Tai talked for a while, and five out of the ten sentences asked auspiciousness. Zhan Xiaoxiao also knew Feng Bao's care and love for this child, and Feng Bao would secretly send people to give gifts to the child over the years. Every year on the child's birthday and several big festivals, Feng Bao will send things over, and he will never miss or forget. The most special thing is that in the year of Jixiang's first birthday, Feng Bao sent someone to send a gold lock plate. The golden claking plate is given to children to ward off evil spirits and suppress shock, and almost every adult does so. However, this gold cleats are not ordinary, although the appearance and materials look ordinary, but its actual meaning is terrifying. At that time, the younger brother of the Wanli Emperor, King Xiaolu, inadvertently lost the gold lock plate, and soon after that, King Xiaolu cried and restlessed every night. Empress Dowager Li specially asked someone to recreate the gold lock plate, and then asked the monk to open the light and pray for blessings, so this gold lock plate is very precious and rare. The golden lock plate on King Xiaolu's neck now is in the same vein as the auspicious gold lock plate, but it was just picked by Queen Mother Li, who was still Li Guifei at the time. Feng Bao gave one of them to Zhang Juzheng to curry favor with this new ally, and the last one was kept and given to Jixiang, which shows that Feng Bao attaches great importance to Jixiang. However, even Feng Bao didn't know that Zhang Juzheng gave the golden lock plate to Qin Tai's eldest son Xiao Ping'an, and the two sons of the Qin family had two gold lock plates that ordinary people should not have. It was also because of this golden clacle that Xiao Ruyi's jealousy was aroused, and Tan Lun, of course, had to bleed, so he bought a piece of ancient jade and let people polish it into a cleat, which made Ruyi satisfied. Now the three children of the old Qin family, the boys, the gold lock plates, and the girls jade lock pieces, each of them has no need to grab one piece.

After saying politely and gossiping, Qin Tai waited for Feng Bao to get down to business. Feng Bao also organized the topic in his heart, hoping to tell Qin Tai that the matter was simple and clear. Qin Tai, a master of solving crimes, does not need narration or too much explanation, which will affect Qin Tai's judgment of things. Feng Bao told Qin Tai everything he wanted to say without personal emotion. Then wait for Qin Tai's questions and puzzles, and try to supplement Qin Tai's doubts as much as possible. This is also Feng Bao and Qin Tai's habits and experience getting along for many years.

Zhan Xiaoxiao knew that Feng Bao was going to get down to business, so out of habit, she sat at the door and listened to the conversation between the two while monitoring the surroundings. But after listening to it for a while, Zhan Xiaoxiao began to wander, which is something that is not common for Zhan Xiaoxiao. The reason why Zhan Xiaoxiao is distracted is because almost all of these things are related to one person, this person is her husband Qin Tai's best friend Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet who is now above 10,000 people under one person, Zhang Juzheng Zhang.

The first thing is Zhang Juzheng's worry. Zhang Juzheng is a native of Jiangling, Beijiangling, and his family is relatively solid, and he belongs to the scholarly family of cultivating and reading heirlooms. But Mrs. Zhang has never entered the officialdom in her life, and belongs to a decent and good people. Just because the Zhang family doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, and because Mrs. Zhang has no fame and can't get the respect of others, Zhang Juzheng's father, Mrs. Zhang, wants his son to be an official and a master. It just so happened that Zhang Juzheng was smart since he was a child, and he had the title of a prodigy in his hometown at a young age, so he decided to take the road of career in the future. Since Zhang Juzheng became an official, he could not stay with his father to take care of the elderly, so he handed over the task of taking care of the elderly to his two younger brothers and his wife. Mrs. Zhang almost always stays with her in-laws to take care of the elderly instead of her husband Zhang Juzheng, or rushes over to reunite with her husband Zhang Juzheng in the spring, and returns to her hometown in the autumn to take care of the elderly and children. Zhang Juzheng's biological mother died early, and Mrs. Zhang's body was very tough, and she later married a wife, who can be regarded as Mrs. Zhang's mother-in-law. After Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant of the cabinet, he had no time and energy to take care of his father, so he had to teach Mrs. Zhang to take care of Mrs. Zhang.

In the past few years, Zhang Juzheng's sons have reached the time to gain fame, and Mrs. Zhang is taking care of Mrs. Zhang at home while urging the children to study. Half a year ago, Mrs. Zhang's health was still very good, and she could eat half a catty of meat after eating three meals a day, which made Zhang Juzheng very relieved. But not long after the beginning of spring this year, Mrs. Zhang didn't know what was going on, and she couldn't afford to get sick when she came back from going out. Mrs. Zhang once asked someone to send a letter to Zhang Juzheng, but Zhang Juzheng was busy dealing with the civil unrest and did not pay much attention to his father's illness, let alone go back to see his father. When the civil unrest was basically calmed down, Zhang Juzheng's eldest son wore filial piety clothes to report Zhang Juzheng's funeral.

According to the customs of the imperial court and ancient folks, the death of parents is a major event for children. The official must report to the court as soon as possible to ask Ding Wei to keep filial piety for his parents, otherwise he will not only be unfilial, but will also be despised by everyone and criticized by the official. Generally, the time of Ding Wei is twenty-seven months, which means that it takes about 18 months and a year and a half for the child to be born and basically walk, plus nine months of pregnancy, so the child must keep filial piety for 27 months to repay the parenting grace. During this period, the children and grandchildren of filial piety were not only not allowed to marry wives and have children, but also could not eat, drink and play, and those who were officials also had to resign and go home. Zhang Juzheng, as the head of the hundred officials, should of course take the lead and set an example. However, Zhang Juzheng is the first assistant of the cabinet, and the cabinet and the imperial court cannot do without Zhang Juzheng presiding, and Zhang Juzheng's reform also needs to continue. Once Zhang Juzheng is worried, everything will change, and Zhang Juzheng will not be able to become the first assistant of the cabinet when he comes back in the future. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng didn't want to worry about Ding from the bottom of his heart, didn't want to leave the court at this time, and didn't want to let go of the authority in his hands.

Zhang Juzheng didn't want to worry about Ding but couldn't say it, because once he said it, it would not only mean that he was unfilial to his father, but also let others find an excuse to say that he was greedy for power. But let him give up the authority in his hand and go home to keep filial piety, he was really unwilling. Therefore, while calling the whole palace to wear filial piety, he delayed submitting a report to the Empress Dowager Li and the little emperor requesting Ding Wei. He hoped that the little emperor and the Empress Dowager Li would take the initiative to keep him, as long as the emperor opened his mouth, he would have a reason to stay, and this situation had been before, which was called "seizing love". It means that for the sake of the country's righteousness, I hope that this person will change filial piety to loyalty, not only is not a person who is not filial piety, but also a pillar of the country.

Zhang Juzheng did not report to Ding Wei for a long time, and Feng Bao, who was Zhang Juzheng's ally, understood what Zhang Juzheng meant. Feng Bao, as an ally, also did not want Zhang Juzheng to leave the imperial court, so Feng Bao privately reported this intention to Empress Dowager Li and the little emperor. It just so happened that Empress Dowager Li and the little emperor were also in a dilemma about this matter, so they approved Feng Bao's request and issued a central decree not to let the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng, and Lord Zhang worry. This will does not need to go through the cabinet, it is directly issued by the celebrant on behalf of the little emperor, and Zhang Juzheng's matter is thus resolved. Zhang Juzheng also breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thanked Feng Bao for a while.

Zhang Juzheng did not worry about Ding, and the little emperor "seized love" and did not allow Zhang Juzheng to keep filial piety for his old father. This incident caused a lot of turmoil among the people and the imperial court, and everyone was secretly discussing this matter. In ancient times, everyone was based on benevolence and filial piety, and the emperors of the past dynasties also established the country with benevolence and filial piety. An unfilial person is a person who has moral problems, and he will be disloyal to the court, and he will not even be a righteous gentleman. Some people jointly filed a lawsuit, demanding that the court and the emperor punish Zhang Juzheng. Even some people who are usually very respectful to Zhang Juzheng began to avoid Zhang Juzheng. The people in Zhang Juzheng's hometown also did not understand Zhang Juzheng, and thought that Zhang Juzheng's actions were unreasonable, and even wanted to remove Zhang Juzheng from his family. This is Zhang Juzheng's first trouble, and it is also the first problem of the imperial court.

The second issue is the issue of factions. Historically, the imperial court was not a monolithic place, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and the emperor acquiesced to factional struggles among court officials. Some of the bigwigs have their own teams of cronies, and these protégés will form a small group around their own children. In the Ming Dynasty, the factional struggle was even more intense, almost to the point of life and death. During the reign of Emperor Jiajing, Qingliu led by Xu Jie launched one attack after another against the Quan Party headed by Yan Song, although most of them ended in failure, but in the end they still defeated Yan Song's party. After the fall of Yan Song, Xu Jie became the head of the cabinet and became the new leader of the party, and Gao Gong formed a new party and began a new seizure of power. After Gao Gong became the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng, a disciple of Xu Jie, became a new star and began to seize power with Gao Gong, and finally Zhang Juzheng became the current first assistant of the cabinet. In everyone's opinion, there is no real righteous teacher, just a factional struggle.

After Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant of the cabinet, although everyone was respectful to him, not everyone obeyed him and listened to him. In recent years, some emerging forces have begun to emerge uncontrollably. Among them, there are the Beijing faction led by Zhang Siwei, the second person in the current cabinet, as well as several local factions, as well as some forces left over from the high arch. They are always secretly watching Zhang Juzheng's every move, as long as Zhang Juzheng makes a mistake, they will be ready to move.